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  • USGA Rules: When golf balls collide

    Jamie Wallace

    The GCAA is partnering with the USGA, represented by Jamie Wallace, to do a feature on the Rules of Golf focusing on common situations that players encounter. Each month, we plan to highlight a specific Rule or Rules situation that is relevant to college golfers or one that is often misunderstood. We will highlight what the Rule says and how it is applied to the situation at hand.

  • My glute story: Why you should train your butt

    Heidi Dawson Sports & Fitness

    I see people on a weekly basis with a range of injuries that are due, at least in part, to their weak, inhibited or misfiring gluteal muscles.

  • How baseball stadiums with a roof can affect player performance

    Dr. Denise A. Valenti Sports & Fitness

    Fatigue and sleep deficits can impact the quality of performance for professional athletes. Common reasons for a disrupted playing schedule are weather-related game delays. Those players that get additional sleep five days in a row have been shown to have better performance. Just one added hour a night over the five days improves visual functioning and cognitive processing. Therefore, seven Major League Baseball stadiums have a physical factor that may be giving the players a competitive edge over the course of the season.

  • Golf Q&A: Former PGA of America CEO Jim Awtrey

    William Soulé

    Jim Awtrey, a Shawnee, Oklahoma native, played collegiate golf at the University of Oklahoma and went on to play on the PGA Tour. He would later return to coach the Sooners from 1972-1977. However, Awtrey’s biggest contributions to the game of golf came during his time working for the PGA of America.

  • Virtual reality: A hit for fans, players alike

    Sheilamary Koch Sports & Fitness

    America’s favorite pastime has suddenly become easier to experience virtually with the launch of two innovative, high-tech Major League Baseball viewing options. Recently, baseball fans were delivered their first live-streaming "game of the week" in virtual reality. As part of a three-year agreement between MLB and Intel, viewers wearing VR headsets can get close to the field, so to speak, and select the perspective they want watch the game from, reports USA Today. However, virtual reality isn’t just for spectators.

  • USGA Rules: Dropping zones

    Jamie Wallace

    Dropping zones are not actually covered in the 34 Rules of the game, but are found under the optional Local Rules section of Appendix I. These areas are added to a golf course, typically through the use of white paint, at the discretion of the committee in charge of the golf course or the competition.

  • Despite backlash, Durant proves upgrading is good

    Damon Sayles Business Management, Services & Risk Management

    When it comes to changing jobs, what's the difference in what NBA superstar Kevin Durant did and what the average Joe does every day? If the common denominator is for upgrading purposes, the answer is nothing. Absolutely nothing.

  • Can the ‘granny shot’ save struggling free throw shooters?

    Damon Sayles Sports & Fitness

    In basketball, watching a player showcase proper shooting form can be a vision of beauty. And when a basketball player heads to the free throw line, that player's form can be a topic of discussion — especially when that player is a big-time college or professional player.

  • The evolution of sports injury treatments: One provider’s experience

    Dr. Sebastian Gonzales Medical & Allied Healthcare

    I was just like many other sports injury providers when I graduated from school — I thought I knew more than I did. I was prepared to apply many of the treatments and rehab techniques I learned in school and seminars in my new practice. I was so smart! Not really.

  • Golf Q&A: Tom Adderhold of Atlanta Athletic Club

    William Soulé

    ​Tom Adderhold is the Atlanta Athletic Club tournament chairman for the 2017 Arnold Palmer Cup. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, and a graduate of the University of Alabama, Adderhold owns his own insurance company, Preferred Insurance Agency, and is a past national president of the Professional Insurance Agents Association.